Assessment

In the Speaking test, there are two examiners: interlocutor and assessor. 

The interlocutor speaks to you and awards a mark for your performance as a whole, using the Global Achievement scale. 

The assessor listens to you and awards marks for five individual criteria: 

• Grammatical Resource 
• Lexical Resource 
• Discourse Management 
• Pronunciation 
• Interactive Communication. 

→Now follow the link to have a look at the Assessment Scales for CAE Speaking Test:

http://readeralexey.narod.ru/ENGLISH/Assessing_speaking_level_c1_1_2.pdf


***Task: 

Use the scales to give a mark to your classmates as they are evaluated in a mini-mock interview.

Marks out of 25

Collaborative Task

Example questions:

Cambridge English: Advanced (from 2015), Raphael and Maude

CAE Speaking Part 3 Explained

CAE SPEAKING PART 3: ADVICE

The third part of the CAE exam is based on interaction with your partner. You need to focus on developing a simple, yet fluent conversation with your partner, in which, the examiner will assess your ability to “initiate and respond, develop a topic, negotiate an outcome”.

There are some simple things that you can do to make this part of the exam a lot easier:

*Practice asking questions and ask all types of questions (short, full, negative, question tags).

*Use hypothetical grammar forms (2nd and 3rd conditional, wish, if only) to help develop the content.

*Make your points and give reasons for your answers. It is important to use examples like past experiences to reinforce your opinions.

*Cover all the ideas you are given in the task.

*Disagree politely! At the beginning, it is much easier if you purposely disagree with your partner and offer a different perspective. Then try to come an agreement. 

*Try to relax and enjoy this part of the exam. If it seems like a natural conversation with a friend, it will get a much better grade. This part of the exam is not so concerned with accuracy, but interaction and fluency. You want the examiner to think that you speak English on a daily basis and that you enjoy using it.